700 Delhi Riots: The Supreme Court has 700 three student activists in the North East Delhi riot case The petitions filed by the Delhi Police against the High Court’s decision to grant bail have been dismissed. A bench of Justice SK Kaul and Justice A Amanullah, while hearing the petitions of the Delhi Police, dismissed them. In their petitions, the Delhi Police sought the direction of the Delhi High Court to grant bail to student activists Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha in connection with the communal violence during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). june 2020 had challenged the decisions. The bench said- the special leave petition is dismissed.

in the riots more people killed 4132 than injured In this case, during the hearing held on July , the Supreme Court made three Expressed reluctance to look into the aspect of canceling the bail given to the activists. A case was registered against these people under the stringent Anti Terror Act and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Earlier, the police had said in their argument that in the riots 56 people were killed and 700 more people were injured. These riots took place when the then US President Donald Trump was in the national capital.

Police said this in protest against the decision of the High Court Police had said against the High Court’s decision that- High Court’s interpretation will weaken the prosecution in terrorist cases. Significantly, the High Court, while granting bail to the accused, had observed that in its haste to stifle dissent, the state had blurred the line between the right to protest and terrorist activity, and if such a mindset were to gain ground, it would be a threat to democracy. Will be a sad day for.

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Tue, May 2, 2023, 3: 43 PM IST